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The Main Charicter DIES!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 27
Date: June 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The one thing you should know about this game is the Heroine DIES at the end of the game!!! I don't think it should be a children's game with that happening. I do like M.F.O.M.T(More Friends Of Miniral Town so don't say I don't like anything Harvest Moon!!!)

Hate it!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 12
Date: May 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I hate the other Harvest Moon games! I don't like that you have to buy one girl or boy version! Besides, there is only 3 characters to marry! Buy Harvest Moon: Magical Melody! Its much better!

Stick with the original

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: August 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Please save your money by buying the original Harvest Moon at half price. It is very nearly the same game--same townspeople, same conversations, same animals, same farm. If you remember the original, the girl has to choose from a few of the eligible batchelors (Gustafa, Marlin, or Rocky)--they didn't even add potential mates for her!

I don't know why Another Wonderful Life came out so long after the original because they basically kept the format, changed the boy to a girl, made a few subtle changes, and marked it for sale.

If you're a huge fan and want to check out the new version--rent it. Keep the old one and start over if you feel like playing the game again. Hopefully, I save you the $30 I wasted.

1 company making money over and over from 1 game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: August 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The company who made the original game took Harvest Moon a wonderful life and added this "ANOTHER" title for the option of playing this version as a girl. But other than that and the glitches in the original that actually helped you make money a little easier they have done nothing but repackaged the same game to make money on it twice.
You still have to go square by square to plant, hoe and water your crops. From the 1st game this should have been upgraded with each new Hoe, Sickle, Water pail you purchase it should have made it easier for you to work your crops instead of the 1 by 1 style, which takes up most of your time since you have to water about twice a day (unless it rains). With each upgrade to those items they should have made them go up like 1, 2, or 3 for example so you had a few options. I was wishing it would just rain everyday after a while.
I do like the fact that I get to play as a girl but the game itself is exactly the same as the 1st version of this game. I found this highly disappointing even though I'd wanted the option to play as a girl the 1st time around. They should have started with you picking your character, but instead they began with a male character, sold a number of copies of that and now offer up a female character(because that is all you are paying for if you buy this game is a female character the game is exactly the same).

As far as I can tell your spouse does nothing on the farm to help you out after marriage so you are still doing everything yourself.

I was looking forward to the version they were preparing for the PS2 but after this one I think I'll just keep my money where it is.

For those that haven't played the Harvest Moon A wonderful life game I do highly recommend the game but pick before hand whether you want the male or female game. I had high hopes that they'd added more than a girl to this game, but was highly disappointed.

good game bad sequel

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 14
Date: August 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

let me start by saying something about the game itself.
harvest moon for you who dont know the game is basically a farm life simulator for younger gamers.So like all those types of games you basically start with your basic package and trough hard work and patience you build up your farm and the relationship with your neighbors.
now that being said here is my review of harvest moon we'll get to the sequel in a little while.
1.graphics are good but lack imagination
2.sound and music are good but not great
3.story is fun but lacks depth and is very repetitive
4.game play is easy but puzzles might prove to be too much for younger players
5.ovrall an average game and fun for a while,the problem i have with it is the flow of the game wich is in my opinion way too slow and will make you loose interest in the game after the monotony sets in.What im saying is that not only nothing really happens but when you actually trigger a series of events it still doesn't change anything wich is very frustrating.Another issue i have is the lack of information no matter what you do wich is a big turn off and makes me wonder if the programmer actually played this game wich i doubt.
6.All that said im sad to tell you that the sequel is EXACTLY the same as the first exept that instead of being a farmer boy you are a farmer girl so i dont know if i recommend you spend good money on the first one but if you did please dont do it again on the sequel.You would have thought they would have tried to fix some of the major flaws that i mentionned but no so i found this game to be very offensive to me as a consumer and i writing this to try to save you from the same mistake i did.
so thats it for now
thanks for reading hope i could help

Very Interesting and unique.. but not very good

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is definitely not your average video game, it is more like The Sims which I happen to love. The only bad thing is, unlike the sims, in which you can speed up time, you have to slowly progress through the years, which is VERY time consuming. I liked the game more for the interaction with people rather than farming, but it gets quite boring after hearing them say the same thing over and over again. It does have good graphics, interesting cutscenes, and its fun taking care of the animals. But if you really want this game I suggest getting A Wonderful Life because it is almost exactly the same thing and you save $10.00

AVOID HitGaming

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: April 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

HitGaming (AKA Springledge Entertainment, Inc.) cancelled my order, but now continues to offer the item for more cash. They ignore multiple customer service emails and @m@zon will rebuff any queries on third-party sellers. Further, you cannot leave feedback for a third party if the order is cancelled. You have been warned.

Worth buying if you are a Harvest Moon fan

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 21 / 22
Date: August 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

One of my favorite experiences with a Harvest Moon game was with Harvest Moon 3 for the Gameboy. On that game, you could choose to be a boy or girl, and have a choice of animal (cat or dog). Since that game, though, Natsume split the girl and boy stories into two separate games for future releases -- a disappointing turn, since it's nice to have the option to play both genders.

So, the question on most people's minds would be, "What would make me buy this game for $30 and not A Wonderful Life for $20?" (or, "Why should I buy this when I already have A Wonderful Life?")

Put simply, this isn't just "A Wonderful Life with a girl", like others will tell you -- it's an all new A Wonderful Life (which could be called "version 1.5") with all kinds of neat updates and changes from A Wonderful Life:

- First, you get a chance to play a girl, which was never really done outside of Japan since the aforementioned Harvest Moon 3. The storyline, while on the whole the same, really does change quite a bit to match your new gender (since females wouldn't treat you like the same character as in A Wonderful Life). The beginning, especially, changes for the girl character -- instead of being "given the farm" like the boy character was, the girl was bored with the hectic life in the city and decided to move out to the country (Friends of Mineral Town and More Friends of Mineral Town also have these beginnings).

- In A Wonderful Life, you have three options when viewing the diary: "Sleep", "Diary", and "Status Book". In Another Wonderful Life, this menu has been reworded and expanded into a much better diary menu:
- "Save": works just like "Diary" did
- "Sleep": same as before
- "Assets": This is NOT the same Status Book as before. While you still have some of the same options, there are all-new lists to look at that really help plan your farm even more (such as Diary and Produce Income and Item Lists)
- "Look in the Mirror": A new item that apparently works just like the mirror you can buy in Friends of Mineral Town. The mirror allows you to see your personal status -- the more tired you get, the more your character will mention it and the more tired she will look in the mirror.

- A brand new feature of this game is the addition of training your dog, and this is one of the best updates to the original game. In A Wonderful Life, all you could really do with your dog was pick him up and carry him around to show your affection -- not very exciting. Now you can train your dog to Give Paw, Turn Around, Jump, and Stand Up.

- You must now buy and use Vesta's fertilizer on your grass field to make it grow.

- A subtle change to the game is slightly sharper and smaller graphics, and smaller, slimmer text.

- New minigame challenges have been added: Teritory Capture and Milk Drinking. (These I picked up from the Assets screen, and haven't yet had a chance to play. There might also be more minigames, too...)

Overall, while the goals are pretty much the same as before, there is so much that is new here that Harvest Moon fans should not hesitate to buy it. Forget-Me-Not Valley is one of the best environments to come along in the Harvest Moon universe since Mineral Town, and now there are all kinds of new challenges and features that make it worth going back to for another farming adventure.

Cute Game That May Take a Few Days From Your Life!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 19 / 21
Date: October 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is so addicting! You will end up playing for hours at a time! It's so much fun! I have a few complaints and a few positive remarks about the game but 1st a description...
This is a farming game. You play as a girl (if you are a boy by a wonderful life instead of another wonderful life it's the same game with just a few changes in the girls version that are very minor) You are trying to get married and run a good farm! You start out with one cow and a dog that you can name. You can name all your animals and you have to take good care of them so they will give you good products to sell and earn money for upgrades on your farm. It is nothing like being on a real farm but who wants to scoop cow dung and stuff like that! You have to feed and love your animals everyday (Its better if you take care of them and feed them twice a day but you don't have to!) and you don't have to clean the barn! The only down side compared to the boys version in this game is you have to bye fertilizer from Celia, Marlin, and Vesta and you don't have to in the guy version!

Now some complaints...
You can tell this game was meant for boys because the guys you can merry suck! I have married all of them and I have my own problems with each...

Marlin:
He is mean and doesn't do anything around the farm because of his illness. (what illness does he have anyway?!?! I think he is making it up) His kid is so cute! He has black hair and big blue eyes he looks more like you then Marlin (thank goodness!) but you can see a small resemblance to him. None of the guys work but Marlin is the only one that really has a reason why he doesn't. (even if it isn't a good reason) He can be a sweet guy and I got married to him by talking to him every day. I didn't give him almost any gifts (don't try and give him stuff when he has his hands in his pockets he wont take it!) I just talked to him daily and rejected pushy rock as much as possible and wala! We were married! He is a nice guy and I think I like him the best out of the other 2!

Gustafa:
He is a hippie! God! Why a hippie! He is a super sweet person when you get married though! His kid has brown hair like you and Gustafa and has blue eyes. He is a cute little guy 2 even if he does ask if you are square! (I think he has some problems) Gustafa is a sweet guy but he is very odd looking and *shiver* he is a hippie and dresses like a freak. I married him but didn't play with his game very much! He is pretty easy to marry (ok they are all easy to merry because the girls don't put up much of a fight like in More friends of mineral town!) you don't have to give him many gifts just find him everyday and talk to him.

Rock:
Rock is a playboy... I hate his guts but he is pretty funny! He is the easiest to marry but he is a lazy bum! He tells you when you give him a blue feather he tells you he will not work strait out so it's your fault for wanting this lazy guy! His kid has blond hair and brown eyes! He is ARORIBAL! He looks so much like his father as a teen its not even funny! You don't even have to try very hard to get Rock. Ignore the other guys and you will have his heart in no time! (or try and win marlin over some how I had to get married to rock the 1st time I was trying to get Marlin! They both had 4 hearts but something happened!
Oh well I have him now!) He is the cutest of the guys and takes little or no effort to win his heart.

The other thing is the grammar in this game is pretty bad at times. Like when you get a toy box for your kid and you click on it and it asks you "Why do you want to take out?" I think it means what instead of why but I guess its ok there are some other things in there that are pretty bad but I will not mention them all.

*Shiver* What is up with that scary teddy bear! It is soooooooooo creepy you can see it breath! Don't buy it you will regret it like I did!

The goat only gives you milk for a month! Stupid goat! At least you don't have to kill it off because it is taking up valuable barn space like in the boy version. You can just sell it this time.

They need to get some better-looking guys! They should make one for Nintendo or Playstation2 that has the guys from Mineral Town and Forget me not Valley! That would rock I would merry Cliff of Gray! I love them soooooo much! :)

Now for the good stuff...

It will give you hours of fun playing through you characters life!

You fall in love, have kids, and take care of your various farm animals!

You can name your animals!

The guys do have a good side and they can be really cute and nice when they want to be!

The babies are so cute! (enjoy them because soon the will become depressed teenagers!)

It has cheat codes (I like to use the cheat codes that give you money heheheh!)

You will get addicted! You will end up playing it in any of your spare time!

It is a super cute game that any of you The Sims players will love like me!

So you should buy it if you like role playing games and don't really care what the guys look like! Happy Farming! :)

Slightly different from the original Gamecube version...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 12
Date: July 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The above product description provided by Amazon is fairly accurate except for the fact that there are only three (3) guys to pick as a possible husband in this female version of Harvest Moon. The main reason I gave the game four stars instead of five is for the choices of the possible husbands.

The opening is very similar to the original A Wonderful Life, with the same characters from the first Gamecube game. So far, no new people (I'm still in chapter 1). Your father owned the farm and you have been living in the city. He died a little while back and you have decided that you want to escape the pressures of the big city to settle down in a small village and work on a farm. If you wish to continue past the 1st chapter, you have to get married. I think the first game had better choices of who to marry, but in Another Wonderful Life your choices are the following: Marlin, Rock, and Gustafa (personally, I would have preferred Cody as a possible choice...oh well).

Just like A Wonderful Life, Another Wonderful Life consists of four season per year and only 10 days per season. It consists if more real time action (especially in regards to the weather) than other Harvest Moons have allowed.

You'll be able to raise around four types of cows as well as horses, chickens, ducks, sheep, and even goats. Eventually you'll be able to make cheese and butter and improve the quality of your crops.

Despite the similarities, there are some new features to the game...and perhaps even more than I have found out.
Some of these changes include:

You can now sell your basic crops and seeds...not just your 2nd generational crops/seeds.

You have to fertilize your grass pasture before your animals (cows, sheep, horse) can graze on it. This is similar to the other Harvest Moon games where you had to buy and plant grass seeds (only cheaper). They do grow back after cutting the grass (just the same as the other games). Fortunately, you are provided with enough fodder to feed your beginning cow until then.

You now have a training feature for your dog.

Seeds from Vesta are now cheaper...you can get all 5 basic fruit trees with your starting money and still have change.

You can now see the affection and health levels of your animals.

I imagine that the rest of the story line is nearly a mirror image of the first Gamecube game, so if you have already played that and finished it this may not be too different - but it may also give new insight to some of the other characters that you thought you already knew.

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